On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Greg wrote:
> For example a script that would insert a date into a document.
> + Press ESC (i.e. make sure 'vi' is not in an insert-mode)
+ Go to the spot in your file where you want to insert
the output of a command.
+ Execute the command using the 'r'ead command as follows...
:r !date
Example:
I'm using 'vi' right now at
Thu Jun 27 10:08:49 MST 2002
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What is :r !date ?
Enter into colon : mode (also know as 'ed' mode)
and execute the 'r'ead command followed by ! and
then a command-line.
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